Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-28
CARE OF THE SKIN.
When and How to Battle and What XII,
Soap TO Use.
PHILADELPHIA TirnAs

When and How to Battle and What KIND
Soap TO Use.
Philadelphia Times
Another of the series of ponBlo.
lures to nurses was delivered vest.. &c
in the University hospital by d. uJ'0'I
w. Stellwagon, the subject bein, -. 'rl
Care of the Skim The delivery i1'
lecture occupied an hour, and the e..
part of that time was devoted ia az
PLANTATION of the respective funetio1. u"
the epidermis, dermis, capillary lave.
and supcutaneoCs nerves and fs's
The correlative relations and 80.
action of each were illustrated Inv ~
gram, and notes of the lecture wsrs+.t
by the nurses who attended and he nav
others in an audience composed sIr~
exclusively of ladies. The second ~.
of the lecture dwelt with the pronar
of the skin, and in this connectia, +.
lecturer said.
THE condition of the skin depepd,
a great extent on the way We live 7,
20 to bed at 2 o'clock in the mornina q,
eat late suppers the system is sFsc,.3
and a diseased skin is the respn NJ
should also be careful of our fond a..
eat only that which i not preiudicis =
the action and functions of the comm.
ent parts of the skin. Some people ~,
not eat shelf without inducing vs'
are known as hives, and in other c,,~
some kinds of animal food will react /,
juriously in this respect also. Batbipss
an essential feature in the proper trss,
ment of the skin. The human bodv =,
hales by petspiration two to three p,s
daily, and his, together with the 5r,
that settles upon the skin, is calepls,4
to have an injurious effect by STOPPING,
the pores. We have several kinds \
baths, among which are the sponge. M
tub, the hot air, and the vapor. Tskr,
it for granted, as we must, that bab5,
promotes healthy and invigorated Al
tion of the skin, the question arise,
How often Is it necessary to battle. T
depends both on the individual and M
nature of the bath. Some people. vb
prespire freely, find it necessary to I,e
daily, others require bath only three ~
four times a week. Taken indiscrimins,
ly, the Turkish and Russian baths arsr
safe may in cases of heart disease, hay.
tendency to apoplexy or congestion d
the brain Russian or Turkish baths q.
exceedingly unsafe, and as a general II.
it may be stated that this class of bal
should never be INDUCED in without IA
advice of a physician. The tub bath ,uiy
most of US, but the temperature in ever
case should be high enough to preta
chills, and this remark applies also
sponge baths, which ars the safest, al.
may, with advantage, be taken every dsy
Another question of importance 81
that of soap. There are several essential
to a good soap, one of which is that HI
have sufficient alkali and another that h
be made of the purest fat. If there be a.
excess of alksli the effect on the SKIN
must be injurious by causing an irrh.
ton of the cuticle, One good soap isths
old white CASTLE, and to this the tran
sparent English soap is said by sous
eminent authorities to rank next. A gen
eral principle may be applied with I'D
vantage in this matter of soap, AID that
is to avoid purchasing a cheap article
Do not buy cheap soap for the chancs
are you will get bad one, while if @
the other hand, you purchase an ezpa
slve soap, you may reasonably expect
that it will be good"